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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin developer takes a cue from the real-life news and creates giant rice plants
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin developer takes a cue from the real-life news and creates giant rice plants. The height of the swiftly-growing giant rice plants in the video he posted apparently comes to about 5 meters.
Pokémon GO player moves to high-rise apartment and can now hatch eggs without moving due to GPS drift
Pokémon GO player moves to high-rise apartment and can now hatch eggs without moving due to GPS drift. A reddit user reported this strange occurrence.
Tales of Arise heads toward its launch date at the top of Steam’s Global Top Sellers chart
Tales of Arise heads toward its launch date at the top of Steam’s Global Top Sellers chart. Tales of Arise is set to launch on September 9.
Toby Fox will live stream DELTARUNE on September 15 to celebrate UNDERTALE’s 6th anniversary
Toby Fox will live stream DELTARUNE on September 15 to celebrate UNDERTALE’s 6th anniversary. Fox will be joining the live stream using text-to-speech.
Nier director Yoko Taro’s new RPG Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars teased
Nier director Yoko Taro’s new RPG Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars has been announced. It’ll be a new RPG “built of cards.” Yoko Tako is involved as the creative director, and it will not be a Drakengard game.
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Japan Air Self Defense Force’s furry mascots stir up controversy among Japanese politicians
Japan’s Ministry of Defense unveiled the cover of the February issue of their official magazine, which has caused some controversy for featuring sexualized furry characters.
Indie games
Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game (Updated)
Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.
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Japanese convenience store gives Donkey Kong Country Returns HD buyers a real banana
Those who buy the upcoming Switch game Donkey Kong Country Returns HD at Lawson stores in Japan get a surprise potassium-packed snack.